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Changed conditions making Test batting trickier: Smith Steve Smith has put his hand up to shepherd the Test team through its a looming transition phase with Australia’s fill-in skipper stressing he has no plans to join his long-time teammate Usman Khawaja by bowing out in Sydney. Ahead of his farewell Test against England, Khawaja flagged the need for patience as this an Aussie group arrives at a looming cliff with the likes of Smith, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon and others all in the twilight of their international careers. Five of the hosts’ 15-man squad for the final Ashes Test…
Cricket Australia has confirmed its plans for an on-field tribute to the victims of the Bondi massacre at the SCG Victims of the Bondi massacre, first responders and community members will be honoured with an on-field tribute watched over by heavily-armed police at the final Ashes Test in Sydney. Uniformed and mounted police along with public order and riot squad officers will patrol the sold-out Sydney Cricket Ground match from Sunday. The heightened security operation comes three weeks after two gunmen killed 15 people and injured dozens more at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. The on-field tribute will include…
Inspiration from the triumphant 2023 ODI World Cup is fuelling Australia’s approach to nursing their superstar paceman into the T20 showpiece Australia will consider carrying Pat Cummins into the second half of the T20 World Cup if his back injury prohibits him from playing in the first stage of the tournament. Test skipper Cummins was named in Australia’s provisional 15-player squad on Thursday but will be carefully managed as his rehabilitation from a bone stress injury continues. Cummins’ only competitive match since July was the Adelaide Ashes Test in December, where he took three wickets in each innings as he…
South Africa have chosen a squad with only two frontline spinners for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka South Africa have selected star wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, paceman Anrich Nortje and allrounder Jason Smith in their T20 World Cup squad – but there’s no place for Tristan Stubbs. Aiden Markram will captain the side, which contains only two frontline spinners in George Linde and Keshav Maharaj, and will rely greatly on pace on the unhelpful pitches in India and Sri Lanka next month. Key frontline quick Kagiso Rabada has been included despite missing the last few months…
Ben Stokes believes splitting up his ‘Bazball’ double act with Brendon McCullum would be the wrong solution for England’s Ashes disappointment.England handed the urn to Australia with three defeats in 11 chastening days before ending their 15-year winless streak Down Under with victory in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. One more chance awaits when they line up for the series finale in Sydney on Sunday, with the fate of the regime’s key decision-makers still under the microscope. With his unmatched influence in the dressing room and no obvious contenders to replace him, Stokes’ position as captain appears on…
Ben Stokes believes splitting up his ‘Bazball’ double act with Brendon McCullum would be the wrong solution for England’s Ashes disappointment.England handed the urn to Australia with three defeats in 11 chastening days before ending their 15-year winless streak Down Under with victory in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. One more chance awaits when they line up for the series finale in Sydney on Sunday, with the fate of the regime’s key decision-makers still under the microscope. With his unmatched influence in the dressing room and no obvious contenders to replace him, Stokes’ position as captain appears on…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Super League is set for a major expansion, with league officials deciding to add two new franchises from the upcoming season. According to sources familiar with the development, the initial base price for each new team has been fixed at Rs1 billion, marking a significant step in the league’s long-term growth strategy. PSL sources indicate that the matter of introducing new teams and the bidding process has now been finalized. A total of 10 interested parties are expected to take part in the bidding, highlighting strong commercial interest in the league despite broader challenges…
Brisbane’s big-hitting Max Bryant made the most of a Melbourne Stars call not to review a caught-behind appeal to star in a four-wicket win Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars | BBL|15 Brisbane Heat duo Max Bryant and Xavier Bartlett added 66 off 25 balls to pull off a remarkable four-wicket BBL win over the previously undefeated Melbourne Stars. Bryant, who walloped an unbeaten 48 off 26 balls at the Gabba on Friday night, should have been out when he was on two. He edged a Peter Siddle delivery, as replays revealed later, but the Stars failed to review despite a…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer and one of the most dependable batters of the modern era, has officially announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing an end to a remarkable career that spanned 15 years at the highest level. The 39-year-old made the announcement during a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground ahead of the final Test of the Ashes series. Khawaja confirmed that the match in Sydney will be his final appearance in international cricket. The moment carried strong emotional weight, as his parents, wife, and two daughters were present at the venue when…
“Nice ball, Todd.” Those knowing words from Steve Smith after an overspun off-break fizzed off the SCG practice pitch and into the splice of his bat did more than he could have known to validate the journey Todd Murphy has been on. A call-up for the country’s most credentialled Test spinner outside Nathan Lyon might have seemed like a fait accompli when the 567-wicket star went down midway through this Ashes campaign. Yet, only months ago, Murphy might not have been so confident his stock ball would trouble one of the world’s leading players of spin quite like the one…